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Author | : David M. Griffin |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625858531 |
Download Lost British Forts of Long Island Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When the Revolutionary War broke out and New York City had fallen in 1776, the forces of the king of Great Britain developed a network of forts along the length of Long Island to defend the New York area and create a front to Patriot forces across the Sound in Connecticut. Fort Franklin on Lloyd's Neck became a refugee camp for Loyalists and saw frequent rebel attacks. In Huntington, a sacred burial ground was desecrated, and Fort Golgotha was erected in its place, using tombstones as baking hearths. In Setauket along the northern shore, the Presbyterian church was commandeered and made the central fortified structure of the town. Author David M. Griffin uncovers the lost history and harrowing stories of Long Island's British forts.
Author | : David M. Griffin |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2023-07-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439678324 |
Download Chronicles of the British Occupation of Long Island Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Long Island was occupied under the brutal yolk of the British army and navy from 1776-1783. The scars, trials and experiences of the occupation would not soon be forgotten... Author David M. Griffin presents harrowing narratives of life during the British occupation of Long Island and the struggle for freedom during the Revolutionary War.
Author | : Bill Bleyer |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2019-04-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439666601 |
Download Long Island and the Sea Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
For more than five centuries, the waterways surrounding Long Island have profoundly shaped its history. Familiar subjects of lighthouses, shipwrecks and whaling are found alongside oft-forgotten oddities such as Pan-American flying boats landing in Manhasset Bay in the early days of transatlantic flight. From the British blockade and skirmishes during the American Revolution to the sinking of merchant vessels by Germany in World War II, the sea brought wars to these shores. By the later part of the 20th century, Gold Coast millionaires commuted in high-speed yachts to Manhattan offices as the island's wealth grew. Historian Bill Bleyer reveals Long Island's nautical bonds from the Native Americans to current efforts to preserve the region's maritime heritage.
Author | : Bill Bleyer |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2021-06-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439672520 |
Download George Washington's Long Island Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 1778, two years after the British forced the Continental Army out of New York City, George Washington and his subordinates organized a secret spy network to gather intelligence in Manhattan and Long Island. Known today as the "Culper Spy Ring," Patriots like Abraham Woodhull and Robert Townsend risked their lives to report on British military operations in the region. Vital reports clandestinely traveled from New York City across the East River to Setauket and were rowed on whaleboats across the Long Island Sound to the Connecticut shore. Using ciphers, codes and invisible ink, the spy ring exposed British plans to attack French forces at Newport and a plot to counterfeit American currency. Author Bill Bleyer corrects the record, examines the impact of George Washington's Long Island spy ring and identifies Revolutionary War sites that remain today.
Author | : Richard Melnick |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2023-06-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 143967812X |
Download Long Island City in 1776 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
1775 belonged to Boston but after April of 1776, the Revolutionary War's focus became New York City and the highly strategic Long Island, from Brooklyn's terminal moraine high ground to Queens's Hell Gate. 1776 was the year when revolution came to Long Island, and in particualr the future Long Island City. The failures, defeats and eventual occupation of the area at the hands of the British forged the resolve and strength of character that would later ensure Patriot victories on distant battlegrounds throughout the rest of the colonies. The British did not evacuate western Queens county until November of 1783, but the events of 1776 would not soon be forgotten during the seven long years of occupation afterword. Join author Richard Melnick as he charts the military, political and cultural history 1776 in Long Island City.
Author | : Henry Phelps Johnston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 1878 |
Genre | : Long Island, Battle of, 1776 |
ISBN | : |
Download The Campaign of 1776 Around New York and Brooklyn Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Marian Mathison Desrosiers |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2020-12-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476681546 |
Download The Banisters of Rhode Island in the American Revolution Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When Thomas Banister fought for the British during the American Revolution, his farm and business were confiscated. He was exiled in far-off Nova Scotia, before he returned to a secluded life on Long Island. His older brother, John Banister married with a child, swore allegiance to the United Colonies, then witnessed the destruction of his Newport lands by the British Army. Convinced British laws supported remuneration, John left for England, where he sought justice for four years. His wife, Christian Stelle Banister, managed the family property and raised their son while the state threatened confiscation and the French Army lived in Newport. Tracing the lives of three young Americans during the Revolution, this study of the Banister family of Rhode Island contributes to an understanding of the war's effects on the lives of ordinary people.
Author | : Martha Bockée Flint |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 1896 |
Genre | : Long Island |
ISBN | : |
Download Early Long Island Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Mark A Torres |
Publisher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2021-03-22 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781540246691 |
Download Long Island Migrant Labor Camps Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
During World War II, a group of potato farmers opened the first migrant labor camp in Suffolk County to house farmworkers from Jamaica. Over the next twenty years, more than one hundred camps of various sizes would be built throughout the region. Thousands of migrant workers lured by promises of good wages and decent housing flocked to Eastern Long Island, where they were often cheated out of pay and housed in deadly slum-like conditions. Preyed on by corrupt camp operators and entrapped in a feudal system that left them mired in debt, laborers struggled and, in some cases, perished in the shadow of New York's affluence. Author Mark A. Torres reveals the dreadful history of Long Island's migrant labor camps from their inception to their peak in 1960 and their steady decline in the following decades.
Author | : Bernard Cornwell |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2010-09-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 006196963X |
Download The Fort Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A novel of the Revolutionary War.